Head-Up Display Including Supplemental Indicator

1. A head-up display (HUD), comprising: a combiner configured to present images to a user, wherein the combiner is an overhead refractive combiner or a waveguide combiner; a projector configured to project images onto or through the combiner; a top plate or an am, attachment assembly, wherein the top plate or the arm attachment assembly is connected to the combiner and to a ceiling of a cockpit of an aircraft; at least one HUD supplemental indicator configured to visibly present supplemental information to the user, the at least one HUD supplemental indicator implemented at least in part as at least one display and located on the top plate or the arm attachment assembly of the HUD at a location apart from the combiner, wherein the at least one display comprises a touchscreen display; at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one HUD supplemental indicator and the projector, the at least one processor configured to: output image data signals to the projector, the image data signals configured to cause the projector to project the images onto or through the combiner; receive at least one alert text message from at least one of an engine indication and crew alerting system (EICAS) computing device, a crew alerting system (CAS) computing device, or a processing and video generation system computing device, wherein the at least one alert text message includes a warning alert text message, a caution alert text message, and an advisory alert text message; and output supplemental indicator signals to the at least one HUD supplemental indicator, the supplemental indicator signals configured to cause the at least one HUD supplemental indicator to visibly present the supplemental information to the user, wherein the supplemental information includes first supplemental information associated with the warning alert text message, second supplemental information associated with the caution alert text message, and third supplemental information associated with the advisory alert text message, wherein the first supplemental information is presented as a first color, wherein the second supplemental information is presented as a second color, wherein the third supplemental information is presented as a third color, wherein each of the first, second, and third color is different; and a user feedback input device configured to receive user inputs associated with the supplemental information from the user and output user feedback data associated with the user inputs to the at least one processor, wherein the user feedback input device comprises a microphone and an eye tracking system, wherein the at least one HUD supplemental indicator comprises at least one illuminator HUD supplemental indicator, wherein the at least one illuminator HUD supplemental indicator comprises at least one touch-sensitive illuminator HUD supplemental indicator, wherein the supplemental information visibly presented by the at least one HUD supplemental indicator is configured to visibly alert the user when the user views the combiner.

2. The HUD of claim 1 , wherein the at least one HUD supplemental indicator is located proximate to a display area of the combiner such that the at least one HUD supplemental indicator and a display area of the combiner are in a field of view of the user, wherein the caution alert text message is associated with air turbulence.

3. The HUD of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: receive the user feedback data from the user feedback input device; and process the user feedback data.

4. The HUD of claim 3 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: determine that the user has dismissed the supplemental information presented by the at least one HUD supplemental indicator; and output at least one additional signal to the at least one HUD supplemental indicator, the at least one additional signal configured to cause the at least one HUD supplemental indicator to cease visibly presenting the supplemental information to the user.

5. The HUD of claim 3 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: output data associated with the user feedback data to a device external to the HUD.

6. The HUD of claim 1 , wherein one of the at least one HUD supplemental indicator comprises the user feedback input device.

7. The HUD of claim 1 , wherein the user feedback input device is touch sensitive.

8. The HUD of claim 1 , wherein the at least one HUD supplemental indicator comprises at least one display HUD supplemental indicator, wherein the at least one display HUD supplemental indicator comprises the at least one display.

9. The HUD of claim 1 , wherein the at least one touch-sensitive illuminator HUD supplemental indicator comprises at least one touch sensor.

10. The HUD of claim 1 , wherein the at least one illuminator HUD supplemental indicator comprises the at least one light emitting diode (LED).

11. The HUD of claim 1 , wherein the HUD is an aircraft HUD, and wherein the user is a pilot.

12. The HUD of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: receive the warning alert text message and the caution alert text message from the EICAS computing device, wherein the warning alert text message is associated with a loss of engine power; and output supplemental indicator signals to the at least one HUD supplemental indicator, the supplemental indicator signals configured to cause the at least one HUD supplemental indicator to visibly present the supplemental information to the user.

13. The HUD of claim 12 , wherein the combiner is the overhead refractive combiner.

14. A system, comprising: at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium; at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium; and a head up-display (HUD) communicatively coupled with the at least one processor, the HUD comprising: a combiner configured to present images to a user, wherein the combiner is an overhead refractive combiner or a waveguide combiner; a top plate or an arm attachment assembly, wherein the top plate or the arm attachment assembly is connected to the combiner and to a ceiling of a cockpit of an aircraft; a projector configured to project images onto or through the combiner; at least one HUD supplemental indicator configured to visibly present supplemental information to the user, the at least one HUD supplemental indicator implemented at least in part as at least one display and located on the top plate or the arm attachment assembly of the HUD at a location apart from the combiner, wherein the at least one display comprises a touchscreen display; at least one HUD processor communicatively coupled to the at least one HUD supplemental indicator and the projector, the at least one HUD processor configured to: output image data signals to the projector, the image data signals configured to cause the projector to project the images onto or through the combiner; receive at least one alert text message from at least one of an engine indication and crew alerting system (EICAS) computing device, a crew alerting system (GAS) computing device, or a processing and video generation system computing device, wherein the at least one alert text message includes a warning alert text message, a caution alert text message, and an advisory alert text message; and output supplemental indicator signals to the at least one HUD supplemental indicator, the supplemental indicator signals configured to cause the at least one HUD supplemental indicator to visibly present the supplemental information to the user, wherein the supplemental information includes first supplemental information associated with the warning alert text message, second supplemental information associated with the caution alert text message, and third supplemental information associated with the advisory alert text message, wherein the first supplemental information is presented as a first color, wherein the second supplemental information is presented as a second color, wherein the third supplemental information is presented as a third color, wherein each of the first, second, and third color is different; and a user feedback input device configured to receive user inputs associated with the supplemental information from the user and output user feedback data associated with the user inputs to the at least one processor, wherein the user feedback input device comprises a microphone and an eye tracking system, wherein the at least one HUD supplemental indicator comprises at least one illuminator HUD supplemental indicator, wherein the at least one illuminator HUD supplemental indicator comprises at least one touch-sensitive illuminator HUD supplemental indicator, wherein the supplemental information visibly presented by the at least one HUD supplemental indicator is configured to visibly alert the user when the user views the combiner.

15. A method for operating a head-up display (HUD), comprising: outputting, by at least one processor of a head-up display (HUD), image data signals to a projector; projecting, by the projector of the HUD, images onto or through a combiner for presentation to a user, wherein a top plate or an arm attachment assembly is connected to the combiner and to a ceiling of a cockpit of an aircraft, wherein the combiner is an overhead refractive combiner or a waveguide combiner; receiving, by the at least one processor of the HUD, at least one alert text message from at least one of an engine indication and crew alerting system (EICAS) computing device, a crew alerting system (GAS) computing device, or a processing and video generation system computing device, wherein the at least one alert text message includes a warning alert text message, a caution alert text message, and an advisory alert text message; outputting, by the at least one processor of the HUD, supplemental indicator signals to at least one HUD supplemental indicator, the supplemental indicator signals configured to cause the at least one HUD supplemental indicator to visibly present the supplemental information to the user, wherein the supplemental information includes first supplemental information associated with the warning alert text message, second supplemental information associated with the caution alert text message, and third supplemental information associated with the advisory alert text message, wherein the first supplemental information is presented as a first color, wherein the second supplemental information is presented as a second color, wherein the third supplemental information is presented as a third color, wherein each of the first, second, and third color is different, the at least one HUD supplemental indicator implemented at least in part as at least one display and located on the top plate or the arm attachment assembly of the HUD at a location apart from the combiner, wherein the at least one display comprises a touchscreen display; presenting, by the at least one HUD supplemental indicator of the HUD, the supplemental information to the user; receiving, by a user feedback input device of the HUD, user inputs associated with the supplemental information from the user; and outputting, by the user feedback input device of the HUD, user feedback data associated with the user inputs to the at least one processor, wherein the user feedback input device comprises a microphone and an eye tracking system, wherein the at least one HUD supplemental indicator comprises at least one illuminator HUD supplemental indicator, wherein the at least one illuminator HUD supplemental indicator comprises at least one touch-sensitive illuminator HUD supplemental indicator, wherein the supplemental information visibly presented by the at least one HUD supplemental indicator is configured to visibly alert the user when the user views the combiner.